GS6 Speakers

Deok Soon Yim

Deok Soon Yim, Gender Summit 6 Asia-Pacific speaker

Director, Korea-Ethiopia Innovation Center; Senior Research Fellow, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Korea

Science, Technology and Innovation ODA and Gender Issue (download presentation here pdf icon)
Plenary Panel 4: Building Public Aspirations for Socioeconomic Improvement through Gender-Based Technologies

As researcher and practitioner on science and technology policy, Dr Yim has conducted many research projects, run science and technology parks and provided consulting services to the government. His special interest ranges from the subject of science and technology parks, regional innovation clusters and globalization of R&D. He has published more than thirty books and papers on technology management and technology policy both domestically and internationally. Currently, he is working at the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) in the area of science, technology and innovation ODA as the director for Korea-Ethiopia Innovation Center (KEIC).